ASK THE WITCH DOCTOR

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 209, 3 September 1932, Page 2 (Supplement)

ASK THE WITCH DOCTOR

Fakir.—This Is one of tfie unsolved mysteries or the Eest, aituougrb there are several conjectures as to how it is done, .most of Which, it appears, are known to yoli. * » . ■ , • • » . Curious.—The sentence is very clumsy bpth ways. Why not "You are the world's greatest sweetheart?" In the present form the flrst version is most correct. **i * * Empty Nut wants tiie full set or bridge rules.—l would suggest that you purchaser a book on the subject; There ars several good ones on the market, *-• * * Acromote wishes to know the postage that would be charged.on model aeroplane building material that is being imported from America.-—\Clie usual practice is to add ten per cent to the cost of the article to cover postage. Ycnkeo asks: (a) Are you able to send English ihoney into America for tlie pur , ' chaste of an article, (b) The value of a rout iri'Kriglish money at the present time. (uj Yes. , Do tills by means of n money order from the post office. (b) The American cent is at the present time worth a trine more than a luilT-periny. ' N.B.—Nn more than two questions will be answered-at any pne time for any one l contributor

Inquisitive inquites : (a) The. population of London, New York arid vßombay. (b) The ; nurabet- &r miles that separate Borneo rrotti Sumatra ana h6w long: would It take to travel from onfe or the twt> places to the otner — (a.) The population or Greater London 13 8,2OB,818; or New York, 6 0'30,-i46, anfl of Bombay 1<160,000. (n) At the neaTeet points aomotMng: imder 300 miles separates Borneo from.Sumatra. The time taken to Journey between the two Islands depends upon the place in Sumatra* at which you wisn to land. A direct retry service might get you across overnight, whilst a less direct route- might take two or three days. Troubled says: "Can 5 - 0u please tell me a simple but inexpensive cui'e for a bad breath?"-"-To cure a bad breath you must tlntl out tn« cause -and eradicate ft. Had breath may Dβ the result of one or .several .thing's. Including bad teeth and impaired digestion. A medical -man could diagnose your case, and prescribe a treatment for it. There are, of course, several breath deodorants and perrumes on the market, but ;Jhe§e do not provide a cure-r-to be free of I tt\© trouble you should get to the root pt it,